Prophet Theophilus Oluwasaanu Olabayo, is the Pastor,
Founder , Evangelical Church of Yahweh, located at
Arowojobe Estate, Mende Village, Maryland, Lagos State. In
this no-holds-barred interview with Nigerian Tribune’s
Adelowo Oladip o in Lagos, he reveals his predictions for the
New Year. He predicts, among other things, that the 2015
presidential election may not hold and If the election holds
at all, it may be stalemated. He also predicts that if
elections hold, the Peoples Democratic Party will win the
governorship election in Lagos State while the All
Progressives Congress (APC) will retain Rivers, Ogun and
Oyo states. Primate Olabayo also called for prayers against
political assassinations in the New Year.
See Interview Excerpts:
As the New Year approaches, can you reveal what have
been revealed to you particularly as the nation prepares for
another general elections ?
You see, in this country, many people do not want to hear
the truth. To start with, God has revealed to me that there
may not be elections next year because in 2015, we are
going to witness one of the worst political assassinations in
Nigeria. God further informed me that the South West geo-
political zone should be very careful so that the region would
not be thrown into another era of wild, wild west because I
saw political assassinations everywhere. I also saw some
people in masks who were killing people everywhere.
Specifically, between now and January, the country will
witness one of the worst eras of bloodshed in its history.
And if at all there will be elections next year in Nigeria, the
seat of the president is not vacant.
Can you tell us what you mean by saying that the seat of
the president is not vacant?
God has revealed to me that if at all there is going to be
presidential election, it will be inconclusive just like (the
June 12,) that we had during the time of the late Chief MKO
Abiola who flew the flag of the Social Democratic Party
under the military administration of General Ibrahim
Badamasi Babangida.
What should we expect with regard to the issues of
insecurity and explosions in the northern parts of the
country?
In the New Year, we will never see Boko Haram again but
insurgency will come in another form. We should pray
against religious and ethnic wars in this country. President
Jonathan has surrounded himself with some sycophants
who are just telling him lies. The sycophants have made
former President Olusegun Obasanjo the president’s enemy,
forgetting the fact that the president would not have been
where he is today without the assistance and support of
Obasanjo. President Jonathan should bear it in mind that
these people that are destroying Obasanjo would destroy
him one day. I think what should be done if he plans for
peace in the remaining days left for him in office as the
number one citizen is to work assiduously in the overall
interest of all Nigerians so that the poverty level in the
country can be reduced drastically. I do not know the type
of economic policy he is implementing that things are
getting worse on a daily basis among the general populace,
yet they keep saying that the economy is improving. I have
never seen a situation where the economy is improving, yet
the standard of living of the citizens is deteriorating
everyday. Everywhere you go in this country, cases of
armed robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activities are
on the increase. What I am seeing is not a military incursion
into the body polity, but the poor will take on the rich, it is a
revolution that I am seeing in no distance future.
Are these to suggest that the statement attributed to the
United States of America that the country may disintegrate
by 2015 may come to pass?
No, the country will not disintegrate because specifically, the
United States had earlier said that in 2015, there would be
no Nigeria and ironically, some Nigerian politicians have
been working towards it. By the special grace of God,
Nigeria will not disintegrate but by the special grace of God,
a man of destiny will take over the reins of governance and
most corrupt people who have been parading themselves
and masquerading as Nigerian leaders, if they are not dead,
will be jailed. And those who have been celebrating that they
have money and are wealthy at the expense of the poor
masses will have to be very careful because God will soon
intervene in the affairs of Nigeria.
Do you foresee the All Progressives Congress defeating the
Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming general
election and forming the government at the centre,
especially with the emergence of former Head of State,
General Muhammadu Buhari, as APC’s presidential
standard-bearer?
Whether they call themselves APC or Codeine, they are all
the same. I have told you that there may not be election
next year and if there is going to be an election, God told me
that they are going to rig the election and this will cause an
upheaval and the results of the election will not be declared
and if the result is declared, the winners of the election will
not govern. But my advice to our politicians is that they
should let the president go peacefully and retire to his
village .Nigerians need to avoid these people who are
leaving one party to the other and claiming to form a
coalition with candidates who have no base in their towns
and villages. These opportunists are the worst enemies of
this country. We have to avoid them so that they do not
plunge this country into chaos . Recently, the Borno State
governor raised an alarm that about three quarter of the
state has been taken over by Boko Haram, yet the military
authorities say they are having the upper hand over the
insurgents. Then it is either the governor or the military
hierarchy is lying. We now have a situation, where if
anybody wants to make money off Nigeria, just tell the
president you can crush Boko Haram or you tell him Boko
Haram will soon become history.
As a prophet, do you foresee an end to Boko Haram
insugency in 2015?
In future, a man of destiny will take over power at the centre
in this country and Boko Haram will be over. God will raise a
leader for this country who will clear the mess. He will come
in a way that nobody can explain. The souls of the innocent
people who have been killed by evil people who we see as
leaders in this country are standing together to form an
army. When they will strike and take over Nigeria, only God
can tell. They killed the bodies of the innocent and not their
spirits. God is preparing some leaders who will rule this
country, they will emerge in three to five years’ time and
turn the country into a paradise on earth.
The international scene will be of interest to Nigerians as
well. Anything of interest or surprise in 2015?
Well, terrorism will take over the world and the economy of
superpowers including the United States of America will
suffer in the New Year. Crises in that country will render
President Barack Obama unpopular. Economically, things
will be bad in the entire world. I see disaster, blood
everywhere. What has never happened before will start
coming up as people will be killing their children and eating
one another as a result of starvation.
Nigerians enter successive New Years with hope. What is
the fate of the common man with the economic crisis in the
country especially with the fall in prices of crude oil?
The drop in the price of crude oil at the international market
is because God just wants to teach us a lesson that Nigeria
should not rely on crude oil again as a source of revenue.
God will produce other things that are very strong even as
crude oil to an extent that this economic crisis created by
the drastic drop in the prices of crude oil will turn out to be a
blessing and it will be well with Nigerians. Also, God will
start raising good leaders and something good will start
happening to us as a nation. Nigeria is presently facing
economic hardship as a result of the fact that God wanted to
tell our leaders and the citizens that we should not depend
on crude oil exportation alone for the development of this
country and we have made oil our god, that was why we
could not use the oil revenue very well to our own
advantage. That is why God is not happy with us as a
people.
What is the situation likely to be in other African countries?
There is going to be some change of governments in some
African countries in the New Year and Ghana is going to
witness a lot of problems because the opposition will rise
against the current government in that country. The sitting
government will have a lot of problems economically and as
a result, they will not find it easy. And between January and
March 2015, there will be a lot of plane crashes everywhere.
Hijacking of planes is going to be on the increase and after
those crises, things will start getting better. There will be a
lot of terror activities everywhere and mysterious things that
had never happened before will start happening all over the
world. People will just be missing anyhow, that is why
people will turn to God.
And I see Jihad in Nigeria, I see people leaving the northern
part of the country in droves for their homelands . As a
result of this, ethnic problems should be avoided in Nigeria.
It is either the Igbo facing the Hausa or the Yoruba. I just
see them leaving the northern part of the country for their
different places of origins and destinations. I saw anarchy
in the land. But Nigeria will remain as one, there would have
been seven years of war but God has decreed there would
be no war in Nigeria again. God will intervene in the affairs
of Nigeria and the military will be reorganised .
What can we do to avert the impending problems that you
talked about?
That is why President Goodluck Jonathan must warn his
kitchen cabinet, especially those in the inner circles in his
government who are always spoiling for war against
perceived enemies of the government and against past
leaders of the country, to stop it so that there can be peace
in the land .
The president should be seen to be fighting corruption
headlong, otherwise corruption and insecurity will bring
down his government. I foresee that as we are moving
towards another election in the country, there is going to be
upheaval. In order to avert the impending problems in the
country, Muslims should observe fasting and prayers on the
first Friday of the year while Christians should also fast and
pray for peace to reign in the country on the first Sunday of
the year so that peace can be restored in Nigeria. And if
Nigerians still want the forthcoming general elections to
hold, they have to pray very well so that there may not be
trouble as a result of stalemated election. The chairman of
Independent National Electoral Commission should be
warned not to spoil his name and those of his officials in
sensitive positions because if they do a thorough job, there
may not be crisis. But if they are not careful, the election
may be rigged just like what happened in Zimbabwe.
Also, the All Progressives Congress will still reclaim Ekiti
State because many secrets would be unfolded about the
government of the day in that state. Then in Lagos,
Nigerians, especially the Yoruba, must be prayerful because
that is where trouble may start in the New Year. APC is
going to have problems concerning the party’s governorship
candidate. PDP candidate, Jimi Agbaje, will have more
support of the people and this is what will cause uproar in
some circles if at all there is going to be elections. I say it
again that if there is going to be election, Jimi Agbaje will
have the upper hand because the candidate that should
have won the election for APC was not given the chance to
be presented as the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos
state. APC should have presented Ganiyu Solomon, he was
God’s anointed candidate for the party. This is the man God
has chosen but the powers- that- be in the party did not
allow him . That is why I said people do not listen to the
voice of God again in this country. Rather, they are looking
for those who would cover them and their mistakes up.
In politics, Nigerians should not dwell on religious
considerations before they choose their leaders. Rather,
they should vote for those who can serve them well. The
people who were said to be clamouring for Christian
governor in Lagos State may not even be Christians at all
but church goers. They may not even be known in Christian
circles because some of them are pagans.
If they were talking about Christian governor in a very
important state like Lagos, what is the population of regular
Christian voters in that state that vote during election
periods? We should stop the habit of imposition of
candidates for elections because of personal interests if we
want democracy to thrive. A party leader, Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, should stop this idea of imposition of candidates in
APC, that is what is killing the party and he has to watch his
health in the New Year.
What role is reserved for the traditional institution and
other leaders in Yoruba land in next year’s election so that
the zone would not be turned into a battle ground ?
I think it would be better if paramount rulers like the Ooni of
Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade; the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba
Sikiru Adetona and the Osile of Oke –Ona Egba, Oba
Adedapo Tejuosho, among other numerous important
traditional rulers in Yorubaland, should call for a meeting of
traditional rulers to seek peace in their domains so that
there would be no wild, wild West again. In fact, all well-
meaning Yoruba sons and daughters should come together
to seek the peace of the land. Most of our leaders need
prayers to survive 2015. Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame
Patience Jonathan, needs prayers so that she would not be
rushed to the hospital again in the New Year. I see some
traditional rulers passing away.
Looking into the banking sector and the capital market, do
you foresee a turnaround in those sectors in 2015?
There is going to be problems in most banks, especially in a
first generation bank and in two new generation banks
because I see their executives being changed. I see a lot of
secrets being exposed and the managing directors of these
banks facing problems, while the new Central Bank
governor needs to be watchful and pray. And there is going
to be multiple bomb blasts in Kano State, Maiduguri, Borno
State capital , in Adamawa and even in Kaduna State. We
also need to pray for the Emir of Kano.
Another area of concern to Nigerians is the education
sector. Will we get it right?
In the nation’s higher institutions, there is going to be crisis
because there is going to be students uprising against some
unpopular policies of the government as well as increase in
their tuition fees . I see students burning tyres and other
items on the streets including some public and private
properties everywhere in the course of the new year as most
of the authorities of the tertiary institutions would hike their
school fees.
What should Nigerians expect from the legislative arm of
government both at the state and National Assemblies in
the New Year?
To start with, I saw that most of the senators would not
even return to their seats in the hallowed chambers because
some of them would have problems as a result of what they
had dabbled into. Political assassinations will be so rampant
because people will be sponsoring assassins to eliminate
their opponents. Some state governors and National
Assembly members will be after one another’s lives. That is
why 2015 is a year of blood. I saw blood flowing
ceaselessly in the land. The political space is not going to
augur well in the year we are going into, hence we need a lot
of prayers to navigate the year. Also, there is going to be a
lot of fire and flood disasters in most of the states of the
federation. And some government houses will be set ablaze.
I see Kano, Borno, Kaduna and Gombe states in turmoil and
their governors must be very watchful so that enemies
would not take over their government houses. Similarly,
there will be bombings in Enugu and Rivers states. Then the
governor of Anambra State needs to be very prayerful so
that the people would not cause trouble between him and
former governor Peter Obi so that Obi’s people in PDP
would not do everything possible to take over Anambra
state in 2015. These are the problem areas. Imo State too is
another problem area but in the state PDP will do everything
possible to take over the state but people will resist it.
I see many ministers of God being killed but if they don’t
want to endanger their lives, they should not dabble into
politics. Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party is going to have a lot of problems because no matter
what they do, APC will still win Ogun State. Oyo State will
still remain under APC but in Lagos State, APC is going to
have problems while there is also going to be problems in
Ondo State because PDP will like to rig the election and the
people will resist it. Also in many states of the federation,
they are going to have political problems. In Rivers State,
anybody supported by Governor Rotimi Amaechi will rule the
state in the next dispensation, although PDP will come with
a very strong force but they will fail. Above all. it is going to
be well with the people that fear the Lord while those that
are poor will rejoice because very soon, God will elevate
them. Also, journalists in the country should be very careful
in the New Year so that some of them would not be killed.
What is likely to be the result if the leaders fail to listen to
you or heed your advice?
Well, it is left to them to hear the voice of the Lord and take
action while they are also free not to heed the honest advice
from the throne of mercy. This was the same way I warned
the late Chief MKO Abiola not to participate in the 1993
general elections and he never listened. But we all know
how he ended his life, the same thing I warned the late
former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, he also failed to
listen and I also told the late former Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige, not to
take a ministerial appointment from Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo’s government at the inception of this democratic
experience. Specifically, I told him that he was going to be
rubbished, but he insisted on taking the appointment, saying
he would resign his appointment before he was rubbished
and I told him that before he resigned, they would kill him.
And before President Jonathan got there, some people said
he would not get there, I was the one who said he would get
there and that some enemies of the country would make the
country almost ungovernable for him and it has happened
as predicted .
When he got there, some people hijacked his government
and he was made a hostage in power and he isn’t bothered
to correct the situation. He should not try his luck any
longer. Some of those surrounding him are enemies of the
country and when the chips are down, he would not see
them again.
The Itsekiris, Urohobos and the Ijaws should avoid trouble
and also the people of the Niger Delta region should avoid
trouble. Some leaders of the geo-political zone must be
careful so that they can survive in the year. Also, Edo State
governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has to be careful because
whatever be the case, the state is going to be a boiling point
in the year because the election would be rigged in favour of
a particular party and there will be anarchy in Edo State.
Some of our leaders would be poisoned and many
politicians would not survive 2015. Nigerians also have to
be careful with their security, especially those travelling by
night, because I see a lot of accidents on the road
everywhere.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is an elder statesman,
he should mellow down because Jonathan is his son. The
two leaders should be reconciled by their mutual friends and
they should not listen to those who want to cause
disaffection between the two leaders so that this country
can move forward.
Also, the seat of the Senate President is very hot, therefore,
Senator David Mark has to be very careful so that he would
not lose his relevance because I see him sitting on a keg of
gum powder. Again, President Jonathan should be very
careful about how he handles the outcome of the 2015
presidential election.
[Source: Tribune]
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